Unit Two Vocabulary
Across
- 4. An international computer network providing e-mail and information from computers in educational institutions, government agencies, and industry, accessible to the general public via modem links
- 8. Combining words and phrases using the words AND, OR, NOT and NEAR (otherwise known as Boolean operators) to limit, widen, or define your Internet search
- 10. location or address identifying where documents can be found on the Internet; a Web address
- 12. application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes
- 15. Computer programs with a user interface
- 17. The key component of a computer system, which contains the circuitry necessary to interpret and execute program instructions
- 18. Camera that records and stores digital images
- 20. The machines, wiring, and other physical components of a computer or other electronic system
Down
- 1. A program that accesses and displays files and other data available on the Internet and other networks
- 2. The intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment
- 3. programs and other operating information used by a computer
- 5. To copy data from one computer system to another or to a disk
- 6. A video camera is a camera used for electronic motion picture acquisition, initially developed by the television industry but now common in other applications as well
- 7. browse the Internet; look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular
- 9. The imparting or exchanging of information or news
- 11. A link from a hypertext file or document to another location or file, typically activated by clicking on a highlighted word or image on the screen
- 13. A standardized system for tagging text files to achieve font, color, graphic, and hyperlink effects on World Wide Web pages
- 14. A piece of code that is capable of copying itself and typically has a detrimental effect, such as corrupting the system or destroying data
- 16. To communicate electronically on the computer
- 19. A system of interlinked hypertext documents contained on the Internet